Principal Software Engineer - Openshift Service jobs at Red Hat in Portugal, Miragaia E Marteleira

Job Summary

You’ll help accelerate the development of AI prototypes by ensuring seamless platform integration, CI/CD pipelines, and other critical infrastructure to enable high-speed experimentation and iteration.

What you’ll do

• Platform Support and Optimization: Design and maintain scalable, secure, and efficient platforms to support AI Catalyst team initiatives, ensuring smooth integration of AI models and workflows.

• Infrastructure Management: Provide expertise in Kubernetes and cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure) for container orchestration, scalable deployments, and real-time operations.

• Partner with the AI Catalyst team to identify bottlenecks, remove blockers, and optimize workflows for faster delivery of AI prototypes.

• Technical Leadership: Lead the implementation of critical systems (APIs, orchestration, observability, deployment) to ensure speed, reliability, and maintainability.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with engineering, product, and design teams to align technical priorities and drive impactful AI initiatives.

• Mentorship: Guide and mentor engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and rapid execution.

• Demonstrate proficiency in Kubernetes for container orchestration and scalable deployments.

• Mentor senior engineers and contribute to a culture of technical excellence, velocity, and pragmatic decision-making

• Proactively utilize AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code) for code generation, auto-completion, and intelligent suggestions to accelerate development cycles and enhance code quality.

• Explore and experiment with emerging AI technologies relevant to software development, proactively identifying opportunities to incorporate new AI capabilities into existing workflows and tooling.

What you’ll bring

• 10+ years of software engineering experience

• Strong background in Python and background in C, C++, Go or Rust.

• Proficiency in RHEL or other Linux distributions.

• Communication Skills: Strong ability to communicate technical tradeoffs and bring clarity to ambiguous situations

• Passion for AI Innovation: Enthusiasm for enabling AI initiatives that drive real-world impact and accelerate prototyping efforts.

• Ability to move fast without compromising quality, thriving in environments where rapid iteration and high ownership are the norm

• PoC Experience: Proven ability to work on and deliver successful Proof of Concepts or initiatives, showcasing the ability to rapidly prototype and validate ideas.

Nice to have

• Experience with cloud platforms such as GCP, AWS, or Azure.

• experience with building and packaging Python projects, package managers (dnf, pip), and build systems (cmake, meson)

• experience in working with upstream projects and Open Source communities.

• Experience in early-stage product incubation or 0→1 product delivery

• Contributions to internal AI platforms, model evaluation frameworks, or observability for AI systems

This is a rare opportunity to help shape how our company brings AI innovation to life - bridging research and real-world usage at a moment when speed, safety, and product quality matter most. If you're energized by rapid iteration, high autonomy, and making AI tangible for millions, we’d love to talk.

• Previous experience with hardware acceleration, either generic GPU experience or specific ones, such as CUDA and ROCm

• Knowledge of AI frameworks, such as PyTorch and/or TensorFlow

• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration

• Understanding of Open Source development models

• Experience with test-base development and agile/scrum methodologies

What you will do

• Collaborate with peers and upstream open source communities on the design and development of features, enhancements, and bug fixes related to cluster ingress and DNS.

• Develop and maintain controllers and operators in Go to manage networking solutions within Red Hat OpenShift.

• Engage with our support team to help them resolve complex customer networking issues.

• Work with our documentation team to improve documentation related to OpenShift's ingress and DNS capabilities.

• Interact with globally distributed open source project teams and communities inside and outside of Red Hat.

• Debug and troubleshoot complex networking issues using Linux-based tools and methodologies.

What you will bring

• Experience in software development, preferably in systems, networking, or cloud platform domains.

• Proficiency in programming with Go, with experience implementing controllers and/or operators on Kubernetes.

• Experience working with cloud technologies like Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker, and/or other cloud platforms.

• Knowledge of networking fundamentals and protocols such as TCP, TLS, HTTP, and DNS.

• Familiarity with networking tools and components like HAProxy, Envoy Proxy, CoreDNS, and ExternalDNS.

• Ability to proactively identify, address, and resolve issues with minimal supervision.

• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.

• Passion for open source software and a constructive, collaborative mindset for sharing ideas openly.

The following are considered a plus

• Experience contributing to an open source project or community.

• Familiarity with the Gateway API specification or its implementations.

• Experience with debugging complex network issues in containerized environments.

In this role, you will drive the strategy, development, and execution of our sovereign platform offerings, ensuring they align with operational sovereignty, regulatory needs, and business demands of our customers. This role requires a deep understanding of on-prem infrastructure, hybrid cloud technologies, regulatory compliance, security frameworks, and market trends in sovereignty concerns. You will work closely with engineering, legal, compliance, and business teams to ensure our cloud solutions meet the highest standards of security, compliance, and performance. This is a great opportunity to develop our strategy for our sovereign cloud offering and work alongside some of the brightest minds in open source.

EMEA - UK and Ireland, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Israel

US - Raleigh, Boston are preferences or cities with good airplane connections

What you will do

• Define and execute the product roadmap for sovereign cloud solutions, ensuring alignment with multiple global data residency (e.g., AI Safety, DORA, CRA, FedRAMP, GDPR, CCPA, NIS2), security, and compliance requirements and regulations.

• Work with engineering and product teams to lead the design of scalable, secure, and compliant infrastructure and management capabilities and manage product lifecycles.

• Conduct in-depth market analysis to understand customer needs and feedback, competitive landscape, and industry trends, and collaborate with product and engineering stakeholders teams to implement features and enhancements following agile development practices.

• Partner with policy experts to engage with government agencies and regulatory bodies to align product offerings, and collaborate with legal and compliance teams to stay ahead of evolving regulations.

• Define security and compliance requirements and work with cybersecurity teams to ensure encryption, access controls, and data localization measures are in place.

• Support and coordinate audits, risk assessments, and certifications (e.g. ISO 27001, FedRAMP, SOC 2, NIST, SecNumCloud, etc.).

• Build strategic relationships with local infrastructure providers, technology partners, and regulators.

• Evangelize Red Hat’s sovereignty strategy and solution with customers, partners, analysts and media.

• Coordinate with marketing and sales teams to lead product releases, develop go-to-market strategies, manage strategic product positioning, and serve as the main point of contact for stakeholders, managing customer relationships, and feedback.

• Define pricing and business models for regulated infrastructure.

• Drive customer adoption and retention through value-driven product enhancements.

• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure success and optimize offerings.

What you will bring

• 15+ years of experience in product management, cloud computing, or related fields.

• Deep understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and hybrid cloud environments.

• Strong knowledge of data sovereignty laws, security frameworks, and compliance requirements across multiple markets.

• Experience in regulated industries such as government, healthcare, finance, or defense.

• Proven track record of driving long-term product strategy, roadmaps, and market adoption.

• Ability to lead cross-functional teams across engineering, product, sales, and marketing, security, and legal teams.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

• Experience with security certifications / standards (e.g. ISO 27001, FedRAMP, SOC 2, NIST, SecNumCloud, etc.).

• Experience or knowledge of US EAR/ITAR, EU/UK Dual Use Regulations, or similar laws.

• Knowledge of AI and edge computing in sovereign cloud environments.

• Familiarity with confidential computing and zero-trust security models.

• Familiarity with Red Hat’s portfolio is a plus.

• Willingness to travel up to 25 - 50%

Primary Job Responsibilities:

• Design a program of need to know commands and understanding of Linux.

• Create and deliver external content like labs, blogs, how-to videos, tech tips, demos, papers, articles, etc.

• Create and deliver concept and technical presentations to Red Hat audiences

• Have an idea about how we can better show up with our product? Programatize that and do it!

Required skills:

• Technical background, with expertise in Linux

• Experience writing software on Linux (Python, node.js, php, or other language runtime)

• Desire to create high-quality, interesting, compelling technical content

• Success in a collaborative, technical environment.

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

The following are considered a plus:

• Virtualization, Linux administration, using cloud based instances

The position i open as remote/hybrid/onsite for our entities in Poland, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Czechia.

What will you do:

• Diagnose problems, troubleshoot the issues, and develop solutions to technical issues

• Provide customers with a unique experience and amaze them with the quality of Red Hat support

• Engage and collaborate with in-house engineers and developers around the world to promote creative solutions and improve customer satisfaction

• Contribute to the global Red Hat knowledge management system by writing and publishing blog posts, whitepapers, and knowledge-base articles that deliver technical knowledge to our customers and the community

• Collaborate with your colleagues on various topics; be a respected member of the global team

• Constantly work on your skills and keep up with the latest technology trends

• Contribute to the open-source community and to product code, if you wish to

What will you bring:

• Knowledge of SSO technologies including SAML, Kerberos, OAuth, and OpenID Connect

• Experience with application server solutions like JBoss, Wildfly, or any other application WebServer

• Knowledge of LDAP servers like Active Directory, Red Hat Directory Server, or any LDAP server

• Experience with public key infrastructure (PKI)

• Familiarity with Java development, JDK utility key tool or OpenSSL, and Java security technologies

• Experience with technologies like Docker, containers, Kubernetes, and Red Hat OpenShift is a plus

• Excellent troubleshooting skills; passion for problem-solving and investigation

• Ability to work with conflicting priorities, take initiative, and maintain a customer-centric focus

• Ability and willingness to learn new open-source middleware technologies

• Clear and effective English communication skills and ability to communicate courteously and effectively with customers, third-party vendors, and Red Hat associates

• Experience in Customer Support or in consulting

The following are considered a plus:

• Experience with identity and access management solutions like Keycloak or any certified OpenID connect providers

• Experience with the JEE platform orQuarkus Frameworkand application server technologies like Web Services, Servlets, JavaServer Pages (JSP), Java Database Connectivity (JDBC), Hibernate, Java Message Service (JMS), JEE Security, etc.

What You Will Do

• Design, develop and implement networking solutions for Red Hat's next-generation platforms, including Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift

• Become responsible for the quality of our offerings, participate in peer code reviews and continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) and respond to security threats (CVEs)

• Participate in, lead and create upstream networking project communities, including contributing new development work and existing features and fixes for projects like Kubernetes (https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/) , OVN-Kubernetes (https://github.com/ovn-org/ovn-kubernetes/) and Open Virtual Networking (OVN) (https://github.com/ovn-org/ovn)

• Use your deep networking expertise to help customers solve complex business problems with creative solutions

What You Will Bring

• Strong networking knowledge, including expertise in one or more of switching and routing protocols

• Experience with cloud technologies, network functions virtualization (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN)

• Experience using programming languages like Go, Python or C/C++ Understanding of how open source and free software communities work

• Motivated with a proactive attitude, willingness to tackle new problems and an ability to develop new architectures and identify good ones

• Ability to work well as part of a team in a highly collaborative, distributed environment with a diverse team

• Good communication skills in English

The following are considered a plus:

• Experience with Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift and container networking technologies

• Experience with Linux networking technologies

• Experience with development for public cloud services, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Compute Engine (GCE) and Microsoft Azure

• Ability to present to customers and stakeholders

• Previous contributions to open source projects or being an open source maintainer

What You Will Do

• Design, develop and implement networking solutions for Red Hat's next-generation platforms, including Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift

• Become responsible for the quality of our offerings, participate in peer code reviews and continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) and respond to security threats (CVEs)

• Participate in, lead and create upstream networking project communities, including contributing new development work and existing features and fixes for projects like Kubernetes (https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/) , OVN-Kubernetes (https://github.com/ovn-org/ovn-kubernetes/) and Open Virtual Networking (OVN) (https://github.com/ovn-org/ovn)

• Use your deep networking expertise to help customers solve complex business problems with creative solutions

What You Will Bring

• Strong networking knowledge, including expertise in one or more of switching and routing protocols

• Experience with cloud technologies, network functions virtualization (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN)

• Experience using programming languages like Go, Python or C/C++ Understanding of how open source and free software communities work

• Motivated with a proactive attitude, willingness to tackle new problems and an ability to develop new architectures and identify good ones

• Ability to work well as part of a team in a highly collaborative, distributed environment with a diverse team

• Good communication skills in English

The following are considered a plus:

• Experience with Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift and container networking technologies

• Experience with Linux networking technologies

• Experience with development for public cloud services, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Compute Engine (GCE) and Microsoft Azure

• Ability to present to customers and stakeholders

• Previous contributions to open source projects or being an open source maintainer